| Forbes published a list of the most expensive | | | | located in The Park hotel in Chennai. |
| restaurants in India not too long ago. Do you think | | | | Forbes.com's list of India's ten most expensive |
| these restaurants are worth their prices? What | | | | restaurants in India is based on recommendations |
| about their wine lists? Would you recommend | | | | from the country's top food critics, who insist the |
| them? In Delhi Sakura (Nikko), Travertino | | | | pricy menus are worth every rupee. Prices listed |
| (Oberoi), Dum Pukht (ITC Maurya Sheraton), | | | | do not include taxes, and restaurants are listed in |
| Orient Express (Taj Palace) and San Gimigano | | | | no particular order. This list is hardly definitive. |
| (The Imperial) were included. | | | | Sushi has swiftly become India's cuisine of choice, |
| | | | | and the crop of exorbitantly priced eateries |
| Mumbai was represented by Zodiac Grill (Taj | | | | catering to the raw-fish frenzy could easily have |
| Mahal Palace), Celini (Grand Hyatt), Pure (Taj | | | | dominated this list. |
| Lands End) and Wasabi by Morimoto (Taj Mahal | | | | Most of these restaurants are based in hotels, a |
| Palace). Zen (Leela Kempinski) from Bangalore | | | | testament to the role expense-account wielding |
| was also included in the list. Pictured above is San | | | | travelers are having on the nation's food scene. In |
| Gimigano (The Imperial) which serves the hotel's | | | | Mumbai's Taj Hotel, New York-based chef Michel |
| own label. | | | | Nischan helped open the city's first all-organic |
| | | | | haute restaurant, with a menu that tips its hat to |
| India's newfound appetite for high-end cuisine is | | | | local appetites (try the Kaffir lime martini and the |
| attracting the attention of A-list celebrity chefs. | | | | Tamari shrimp and scallops). Sakura, housed in |
| Two years ago, "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto, | | | | New Delhi's Hotel Nikko, helped launch a spate of |
| the Japanese mastermind behind the global Nobu | | | | Japanese restaurant openings across the country. |
| sushi franchise, opened Wasabi in Mumbai's Taj | | | | With its minimalist décor and serious sushi |
| Mahal Palace. And just last year, top Italian chef | | | | menu, it has become a favorite of India's Beautiful |
| Antonio Carluccio, a perennial favorite on the BBC, | | | | People and their minions. |
| designed the extravagant menu at Atrium, | | | | |